Device for printing on wrapping-paper rolls.



W. E. DAVIS. DEVICE FOR PRINTING 0N WRAPPING PAPER ROLLS. APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 19, 1913.

1,1 12,421 Patented Sept. 29, 1911 WITNESSES:

Jm WM ivw/m WILLIAM EMERY Davis,

on PORTLAND, OREGON.

DEVICE FOR PRINTING ON "WRAPPING-PAPER ROLLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application filed March 19, 1913. Serial No. 755,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EMERY DAQ vis, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forPrinting on IVrapping-Paper Rolls, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for printing wrappingpaper, whereby oneend of the paper as it unwinds from the roll passes around severaladditional rolls and a portion of said paper is printed by type arrangedin such a manner as will he hereinafter fully explained.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind that issimple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, durable, andefiicient in action; and further to provide a printing device that willprint the name of the dealer on his wrappingpaper at every revolution ofthe roll to which the type is attached.

lVith these objects in view, my invention consists of certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described in the following specification andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In order to fully comprehend my invention and the parts to which itrelates, reference must be had to the accompanying drawing which forms amaterial part of the application, of which Figure 1 is a front view ofmy invention showing a section through the paper on line A A of Fig. 2;the remainder of the roll of paper being removed :and Fig. 2 an endelevation of same showing the means of attaching the paper thereto.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the figures of thedrawing, of which 'lhe numeral 2 indicates a base-plate to which arefastened standards 3 to which is pivoted roll a on which is wound paper5. To the rear of standards 3 are attached an other pair of standards 6,which also fasten to base-plate 2, and with brackets 7 fastened hereto.Pivoted to standards 6 are spiders 8 which are connected by roll 9.Passing longitudinally of roll 9 is a bar 10, the peripheral portion ofwhich registers with segmental slots 11 in the periphery of spider 8;said segmental slots, and the peripheral portion of bar 10 being adaptedto receive typewhich is represented by segment 12. Standards 6 have alsopivoted thereto an idler-roll-l3, by means of pins 14, to

which are also pivoted hangers 15, to which s rotatably mountedinking-roll 16; said mklng-roll being held close to the type by means ofsprings 17 which are attached to hangers 15 and standards 6.

Pivoted between brackets 7 are rolls 19; 20 and 21 respectively, for thepurpose of re ducing the friction in unrolling paper 5 and causing saidpaper to unwind with little effort on the part of the operator.

In order to operate my invention the free end of paper 5 must pass overidler-roll 13, under roll 19 and over rolls 20 and. 21 respectively, anddownward under guide 22 as illustrated in Fig. 2. The operator thenpulls said paper forward and the friction of said paper betweenidler-roll 13 and the periphery of spiders 8 causes said spiders torevolve toward inking-roll 16 andidler-roll 13. When the type portion 12passes inking-roll 16, firmly against said type by means of springs 17,after which said type prints the paper as it passes over idler-roll 13,and so continues to print at each successive cycle of the type.

My invention can be constructed of any material and made of any sizedeemed suitable for such a mechanism, and while I havedescribed andillustrated a preferred form of construction and combination of elementsdeemed suitable for such a device, I desire to include in thisapplication all mechanical equivalents and substitutes that may befairly considered to come within the scope of my invention as definedand specified in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention so that others skilled in theart to which it appertains, may be enabled to construct and use thesame, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, the combination with abase-plate with a pair of vertical standards at the front portion ofsaid base-plate, a pair of vertical standards to the rear of theaforesaid vertical standards, revoluble spiders supported by said rearstandards, means to connect said spiders, a portion of said spidersbeing adapted to receive type, a roll revolubly mounted to the rearstandards immediately below said inking-roll is pressed said spiders,hangers pivoted to the rear paper being attached intermediate the for-10 standards, an inking roll of tenacious maward standards,substantiallyas set forth. terial revolubly mounted to said hangers, In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as springs attached to said rear standardsand my own, I hereunto afiix my signature in 5 said hangers for thepurpose of yieldingly .the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

supporting said inking roll, brackets form- WILLIAM EMERY DAVIS. ingapproximately two right-angles fixed Witnesses:

to said rear standards, and revoluble means PETER HnBERLr-N,

carried by said brackets to guide paper, said- WV. E. THRESHER.

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